---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies"
description: "Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Ohio HB 18 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorothy Pelanda", "Wes Retherford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3a7ceb-b275-49ed-a459-60c3f8a73bdd"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/"
source_hash: "d8775bd0b4e5973fd7ba5add6f7e93322b5fb40668d39af2f9561544d60aaab5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
---

# Ohio HB 18 (132) — Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- msg_507 — **68–24** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorothy Pelanda — primary (person)
- Wes Retherford — primary (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Patmon — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Conditt — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Duffey — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-05-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Reported
- **2018-06-28** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Reported
- **2018-06-27** Passed `passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3a7ceb-b275-49ed-a459-60c3f8a73bdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).